Republicans seek to continue Obamacare subsidies

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Congressional Republicans are looking for ways to keep Obamacare subsidies going if the Supreme Court rules later this month to end government assistance on health insurance premiums in most states, a report from the Associated Press said Wednesday. The AP report said four committee chairs proposed keeping subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act through the end of the calendar year, to be followed by block-grant programs to continue aid beyond 2015. Republicans then would scuttle Obamacare and replace it with an alternative health-care program, the report said. If the Court rules that states without their own health exchange are not eligible for subsidies, an estimated 6.4 million could be left without insurance.

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